Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections

Stockton, CA 95211

Abstract: The Locke-Hammond Family Papers contain: general and business
correspondence of Dean Jewett Locke (1849-1887); his journals (1849-1883); the
journals of his wife, Delia (1855-1922); records of the Locke Ranch
(1855-1899); records of the Locke & Co. store (1861-1890); and various
other materials.

Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as
the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
researcher.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Locke-Hammond Family Papers, Mss110,
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific
Library

Access Points

personal name

Locke, Dean Jewett (1823-1887)

Locke, Delia Marcella Hammond (1836-1924)

Locke, Horace M.

Locke family

Demangeot, Horace C.

Demangeot, Hannah Locke

Thorp, James

Hammond, J.A.

Hammond, George

Hammond family

corporate name

Locke and Company (Lockeford, Calif.)

Mokelumne River Navigation Company

Lockeford Bridge Company

subject

Agriculture -California -San Joaquin County

Merchants -California -San Joaquin County

Women teachers -California -Lockeford

Chinese -California -San Joaquin County

Steam-navigation -California -San Joaquin County

Bridges -California -San Joaquin County

Lockeford (Calif.) -Social life and customs

Lockeford (Calif.) -Social conditions

Lockeford (Calif.) -History -Sources

Physicians -California -San Joaquin County

Women -Societies and clubs -California -Lockeford

Education -California -San Joaquin County

Biography

The Lockes were a pioneer California family and founders of the San
Joaquin County town of Lockeford (1855). Dean Jewett Locke (1823-1887)
graduated from Harvard Medical College (1849) and, in that year, traveled
overland to California with the Boston-Newton Joint Stock Association. He
established a ranch on the Mokelumne River with his brothers Elmer and George
(1851). Returning east to visit his family, Dr. Locke married Delia Marcella
Hammond (1855). They returned to California with Locke's father, Luther, who
was later Postmaster of Lockeford. Delia Hammond Locke's sister, Susan, came to
Lockeford as a school teacher (1858). She married George S. Locke, Dean Jewett
Locke's brother. Delia Hammond Locke kept diaries throughout her life that
detail events in Lockeford (1855-1922). Locke-Hammond family members were
active in civic, mercantile and religious affairs of the town they founded.
D.J. Locke was a physician, bridge operator, store owner, rancher and briefly a
steam ship owner. His wife and sister-in-law taught school and were active in
temperance and religious organizations. D.J. Locke and his wife had thirteen
children. Many of them remained in Lockeford, married and continued to
contribute to the life of the town. One of their daughters, Hannah, married a
Demangeot. Another, Theresa, married a Thorp. Both of these families remained
in Lockeford and contributed to the life of the town well into the twentieth
century.

Scope and Content

The Locke-Hammond Family Papers contain: general and business
correspondence of Dean Jewett Locke (1849-1887); his journals (1849-1883); the
journals of his wife, Delia (1855-1922); records of the Locke Ranch
(1855-1899); records of the Locke & Co. store (1861-1890); records of the
Mokelumne River Navigation Company (1862); papers of Theresa Thorp Locke
(1894-1905); records of the Lockeford School District (1853-1882); papers of
Dr. Horace C. Locke; papers of the Demangeot family; and, a miscellany of books
from the Locke library. The Locke Papers also contain records of various
Lockeford churches and organizations, incl. : the Lockeford Congregational
Church (1868-1924); the Lockeford Union League (1863-1868); the Mokelumne River
Ladies' Sewing Circle (1857-1893); and, the Union Protective Society
(1867-1869). The collection also contains many Locke-Hammond family photographs
and J.A. Hammond's local weather observation papers (1926-1987).